Asuna is, I think, pretty much the only female main protagonist in the gundam meta-series. I *think*.
Chris was more of a foil for Al in War in the Pocket.
Pretty much all of the main characters of Gundam follow the simple route of "teenage boy goes into/pushed into/accidently climbs into Gundam and gets shanghaied into a war. Or, and this is more the case for Wing/00, they are elite terrorist types who volunteer in secret Gundam suits that only they have like a magical sentai terrorist team. Unless it's Domon Kashuu who, through sheer hot-bloodedness tramples all conventions in his wake. But, yeah, pretty much exclusively teenage boys (unless they're, you know, girls who are sort of peripheral to the guys, in which case they turn out to be traitors, crazy, or YOUR SISTER! [possibly twins or body doubles will show up at some point as well])
All of which makes this series very good and surprising. It's nice to feel some sort of gender parity in a Gundam world, even if it is fan-made. The fact that we haven't had a professional soldier as protagonist since 08th MS Team is also quite good.
However, this is falling into the trap that techno-thrillers and a lot of sf books get into, which is worrying about the specs rather than the people. You have to care about the characters more than the fact that RPG doesn't actually stand for rocket propelled grenade. Which isn't to say that this isn't very good.
-murmur
not sure what else to say beyond "very good but more character development."
Chris was more of a foil for Al in War in the Pocket.
Pretty much all of the main characters of Gundam follow the simple route of "teenage boy goes into/pushed into/accidently climbs into Gundam and gets shanghaied into a war. Or, and this is more the case for Wing/00, they are elite terrorist types who volunteer in secret Gundam suits that only they have like a magical sentai terrorist team. Unless it's Domon Kashuu who, through sheer hot-bloodedness tramples all conventions in his wake. But, yeah, pretty much exclusively teenage boys (unless they're, you know, girls who are sort of peripheral to the guys, in which case they turn out to be traitors, crazy, or YOUR SISTER! [possibly twins or body doubles will show up at some point as well])
All of which makes this series very good and surprising. It's nice to feel some sort of gender parity in a Gundam world, even if it is fan-made. The fact that we haven't had a professional soldier as protagonist since 08th MS Team is also quite good.
However, this is falling into the trap that techno-thrillers and a lot of sf books get into, which is worrying about the specs rather than the people. You have to care about the characters more than the fact that RPG doesn't actually stand for rocket propelled grenade. Which isn't to say that this isn't very good.
-murmur
not sure what else to say beyond "very good but more character development."